![]() ![]() It couldn’t last.ĭalida (right) with her brother Orlando. She always put her job first, and that’s why she found herself alone. This is the reason why she could not keep the men in her life, because after a while the men saw Dalida in front of them, not Iolanda. She did everything for Dalida and put aside her private life, which suffered as a result. She wanted to be Dalida, so she became Dalida. ![]() She used to say, “I succeeded in my professional life, but in my personal life, I did not succeed.” Why? Because she gave everything to her job, to her audience. When did you first notice that her depression was getting worse? Was it something she struggled with throughout her life? Dalida made me her universal legatee because she knew that I would continue to defend her memory and her interests, and that’s what I am doing.ĭalida and her husband Lucien Morisse in Paris, March 1961. Even today, I take care of her as if she was still here. In 1966, I became her artistic director and in 1970, we founded our own business. So it was a career that we lived together, and I was a spectator, an admirer and also, later, her producer. When I arrived in the capital in my turn, I sang a little too, but after five years I joined the adventure by her side and I never betrayed her - I served her and I keep doing it. I was always her confidant, even when she left for Paris. I always accompanied her on her journey - her desires, her dream. And I always encouraged her even though I was younger than her. ![]() Dalida and I were accomplices - fans of theater, cinema and song. I was the witness to her story, and I became the witness to her memory. What do you remember about her sudden success? How did it affect her? And you? She drew on this mix and it made her career. Perhaps thanks to her place of birth and this plural culture, which remained in her memory and accompanied her during her adolescence, she had the chance and the power to sing in all languages. She passed with truly astonishing ease from a song like “Je suis Malade” or “Avec Le Temps” to songs like “Gigi L’Amoroso” or “Salma Ya Salama” or to disco. The hundreds of songs by Dalida, all different, make her unique, because everyone finds something that touches them, a slice of life or the presence of Dalida. To talk about the Middle East, “Helwa Ya Baladi,” for example, has become an anthem for the whole Arab world, and “Salma Ya Salama” too. Dalida has created immortal titles in all languages. Since 1955, this unique voice and the personality that went with it have taken over the world. And the fact that she was of Italian origin and sings in French meant that she had a peculiar accent. Above all, I think her voice was born from the Mediterranean, it’s a voice tinged with the sun, from the Orient. She had many talents, which were enriched by her voice - this tone which belonged only to her, indefinable this warmth of the voice, this burst of sunshine. This particular talent, we can’t explain it. What made your sister such a special talent? Dalida adored Egypt, she always remained faithful to it, and, moreover, after a few years, she began to sing in Egyptian.įrench actor Jacques Charrier poses with his wife, actress Brigitte Bardot (right) and Dalida at the opening of Dalida's show 'Jukebox' in 1959. Egypt, at the time, was a country of unique sweetness, with a cultural mix that was extraordinary - all these languages, all these cultures, all these religions, all these people who rubbed shoulders, who were dating… There was no discomfort, no aggression. She always had this goal: ‘One day, you will see who I am.’ She wanted to ‘become someone.’ She built herself with this goal in mind. She was a little sick when she was little (she had an eye infection and underwent several operations) and, growing up, she always had this desire to go elsewhere - a desire to know the world, to rise, to learn, to be cultivated. If my brother and I had a very joyful, very happy childhood, this was not the case for Dalida. We grew up with the same education, in the same neighborhood, the same atmosphere, and yet we were totally different. My name was Bruno, but when I arrived in France and started my career, I was given the name Orlando. What was she like as a kid?ĭalida - who was called Iolanda at the time - grew up with my brother and me, the youngest. Here, her younger brother Orlando - with whom she co-founded their own record label in 1970, in order to give her more control over her career - shares his memories of his legendary sister with Arab News.ĭalida in Rome in the 1950s. She continues to influence pop-culture today, with many of her hits being remixed as dance numbers. In France, where she lived most of her adult life, she was an undisputed superstar - a poll in 1988 published in Le Monde ranked Dalida second, after General de Gaulle, among personalities who had the greatest impact on French society.
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